A couple of weeks of firsts....

What a mad few weeks, my time as a supernumerary member of staff is almost up. I've done induction days, scary first days, a delivery suite day, delivered my first baby day and I sat (and passed first time) medication testing day. Now I can administer medications. I worry that being non supernumerary I'll struggle with so many ladies to look after but after discussions with one of the newer members of staff I was reassured that I'm not alone and that it's all about prioritising the needs of the woman depending on mode of delivery and utilising the support staff. Hurrah for support staff.

I've managed to fit into this a couple of short training runs. One was again another park run with little legs (argh!) who held me back, we ended up walking a lot of it because his legs hurt, his tummy hurt, his finger hurt, you get this the gist. I felt so frustrated with this because I was desperate for a PB but didn't get and then we consumed the calories burnt off with a fatty breakfast, whoops! A few days later I went back again, ran the same route which ended up being 0.2k short of my 5k but I did indeed get my much wanted personal best. To me this showed that even since May this year I have vastly improved in my fitness levels as a runner and obstacle racer and I am really looking forward to my first urban obstacle course race this weekend. Men's health survival of the fittest. 

Myself and little legs at parkrun.

For the first time since I started doing OCR I will not be wearing my Mudd Queens top this weekend. I received my Sands tech vest in the post this week and so will be representing the charity I am running for in the London marathon. Though I am not sure how white it will stay being that it's going to wet and possibly a bit muddy too. It's going to be weird, no less because black is quite flattering, white is not, but because I've always worn Mudd Queen tech vest. Who are the Mudd Queens? You are probably asking. It'll be on my next post, as well as a bit of stuff about OCR and how awesome the community is and how proud I am to be a part of it.